Sue Todd
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Illustrator |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Introduction | I am a graduate of the Ontario College of Art, now OCADU, Toronto, with a major in Communication and Design. For the first ten years of my career I was a freelance designer in retail advertising. In my spare time I took up lino-carving, an ancient printmaking technique similar to woodcut and developed a unique style of art that led to a career in illustration. I have created art for a wide range of clients from advertising and corporate to editorial and publishing. My images appear on many book covers and interiors, packaging, posters, t-shirts, a TV commercial and a bus. My clients are located in Canada, the US and UK. I particularly enjoy children’s publishing and have illustrated many folktales and legends from around the world. I have fully illustrated five picture books and contributed to many educational collections. I have been commissioned to design posters for “The Detroit Festival of the Arts” and “The Waterloo Busker Carnival” for many years. My work won a bronze award in the 3 x 3 Illustration Annual 2012, and was chosen to appear in the 2008 volume of Showcase “200 Best Illustrators Worldwide”. |
| Interests | Opera, yoga, cycling, painting, writing, reading, learning French |
| Favorite movies | Breakfast at Tiffany's, Manhattan, Rosemary's Baby, The Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Stranger Than Paradise, Beetlejuice |
| Favorite music | The Ring Cycle, Otello, anything by Esquivel, Led Zeppelin IV, The Talking Heads, B52's, Thelonious Monk |
| Favorite books | Alice in Wonderland, The Little Engine That Could, 1984, Brave New World, Canopus in Argos series by Doris Lessing, Manufacturing Consent, Gulliver’s Travels |